Division I Outdoor USTFCCCA All-Americans Announced

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announces those who have earned USTFCCCA All-America distinctions for the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field season. Honors are awarded for performances at the final site of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships occurring the previous weekend in Eugene, Ore.

First-team USTFCCCA All-America honors are awarded to those who earn any portion of a team point at the national championships, or reach an eight-entrant final. Second-team All-America honors are handed out to those whose final placing in the national meet range from ninth to 16th place.

Those who participated at the final site but did not place in the meet’s top 16 are listed as honorable mention for the All-America award.

Student-Athletes listed are participants in programs that are members of the USTFCCCA.

Akheem Gauntlett of Arkansas earned three First-Team All-America honors for the second straight outdoor season, and was joined at three apiece by teammate Caleb Cross, Florida State’s James Harris and Florida’s Hugh Graham, Jr.

Reigning the Bowerman winner and 200 meters champ Kimberlyn Duncan of LSU and Phyllis Francis of Oregon both repeated as three-time First-Team All-Americans from a year ago, and were joined with three awards by Kendra Harrison of Clemson, Aurieyall Scott of UCF, Jenna Prandini of Oregon, Paris Daniels of team champion Kansas and Kamaria Brown of Texas A&M.

Not only did the Kansas women claim their first track & field title in program history, they also led all teams with 16 First-Team All-America honorees. Oregon, LSU and Texas A&M each earned 14 First-Team honors apiece.

The Arkansas men brought home the most First-Team honors on the men’s side with 17, more than co-champions Florida’s and Texas A&M’s 13 and 12, respectively.

At the conference level the SEC claimed the most All-America honors, more than doubling the next closest conference on the men’s side with 73 and earning 59 women’s honors. The Big Ten men were second at 31, followed by the Big 12 at 29 and the Pac-12’s 25.

The competition between conferences on the women’s side was closer, with the Pac-12 second at 42 and the Big 12 third at 35.

Listed below are the 2013 USTFCCCA All-America performers, listed alphabetically by institution. The lists are separated into men’s and women’s, first-team, second-team and honorable mention honors.